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SXSW is a global event and represents a unique opportunity to meet, network and befriend a diverse array of people. The SX Global Connections program seeks to reduce the challenge of connecting you to the relevant content, networking, and business opportunities available while attending SXSW 2015....

Featured Sessions at the 2015 SXSW Interactive Festival showcase some of the world’s most innovative thinkers. Today’s installment of the Featured Speaker Feature focuses on Cynthia Breazeal. At SXSW, catch her session The Personal Side of Robots session on Friday, March 13th at 5 at the Austin Convention...

The SXSWedu Conference & Festival fosters innovation in learning by hosting a diverse and energetic community of stakeholders across a variety of backgrounds in education. The four-day event takes place, March 9-12, on the front end of SXSW Interactive and Film. This year's SXSWedu program will featured poignant narratives...

Film, Interactive, and Music industries all provide a wide range of discussion and exploration on Next Stage 2015. Attendees are invited to join in on the fun and witness the latest in convergent concepts and ideas.

James Christie has been giving variations of his talk, Need for Speed: Optimizing the User Experience for four years. Beginning his career in an earlier era (pre-2000), Christie was accustomed to counting kilobytes so that users could access his websites on their 28k modems. He’s worn nearly every...

SXSW veteran Laurie Frick has put together a curious team – a data artist who uses enormous amounts of self-tracking data for her hand-built art installations; a policy maker who has testified before congress and recently published a book about how to rethink legislation for data privacy; a futurist...

With SXSW 2015 less than a month away, it’s time to get excited. Check on hotel reservations, review your event schedule, and grab some great books from your favorite authors so you’re prepared for their mind-blowing sessions. And for the first time, SXSW has an ebook store, so you can...